Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-02
e.l.ubia sad It's Tributaries. Shea
v.,.r Bay, Gray's HArbor aad
nat MsEniassss Inland Sea,
Puget ssHnd.
...,-.u. Agricultural Pssdneiisn 81
...,,ru wa.hisEssn, the Timber.
e.,I, Fl.heEisa and Vast Trade
western washlnxfen.
,.s,,.,d Progress, Flns Showing for the
psblis schools. Convincing Figures
s,ou the Aasessm ns Census end
Election Rolls.


,ss4yctL cHEATIos or TIE TKARIroaE.
Warrington Territory was created By
~ AZ Congress March %, 1853, being
,steiI from the imu.snae Territory Of
o..ssu. Asas hrss defined, tbs limits
4 Warrington Territory included all Of
vkas Il nov Idaho, and a part Of
Naatsua and Wyoming, total ares
4 about 25O.e0o square miles L
1 g,evens, graduate Of West Point, 9
rilasry saeineer, aud later Delegate 70
oouzrssa and Major General IN the
ssny, vas appointed Governor, and 70
hin vas assigned the task of orRanizine
shs Territory, and putting ils political
mashineTy into operation. Upon hin
uss also imposed the task Of locating a
line Of railway By the Northern Pacific
teusa. He did this while on bis 6rst
MO to TIE new Territory, bis party in
ending, among other noted rnsn, O pt.
Go. B. Mcclellan, later General No
ciellMD Of Army az the Potomac fame.
fhsy approached Paaet Sound, seekinq
rarslsllg pass over OF through the
osssAds Mountains they found what
lheY uantsd-the lowest. most drces
fad accessible pass--in the suoqaalnie,
~ they e8ntinusd the location Of their
Ionsa on 70 Seattle, which theheeforth
Il government and commercial circles
90 considered the .eFmiaus ~ tbe
mats o. the proposed Northern Pacific
n.lifsad. The Territory remained as
ii Art constituted until the 81 OF
March. 1863; when By aet OF Congress
nssrly hires. fouEtbs cur territorial area
~ sal a and mada into The naw Ter
rlintg Of Idaho. With that part ~
mAinsna - the present Territory Of
wkshlneton article viii deal.
Washington Territory comprises au
area 50 994 square miles. II IL bounded
"a he neFsh b. British Colnmbis and
an shs south b. the river O0inmbia, aud
4 ftashes from the Paeifio Oaean on the
vet % the fiAho line on she east.
n1ien aboat 30 miles vide by $50
nsIes long. iiiils noW before Congress
Fposo 10 Increase the length ~ the
ksgnsogy by the aBntxatiun Of North
Asho, poshing the Territorial line east
hon ihe li7th meridian ~ loBeitads 70
ne sammis % the Bitter Root Noun
ltina One OF these hisla will pass be-
goDd daabt. when 1889 square miles
Wia BE- added 10 washington's present
afsa. Increasing She whole 10 So 9B
iq8afe miles, an extent Of saffAce great
q than that OF any Of the present
NHiea aSd Territories except Texss,
CahfaFhla. Nevada. q dorado. OFsaau.
pakssa, MautanA. Wyoming. Arizona.
Nee Mexico and Alaska.
caseAnE MOUNTAINS.
Washington Territory IA divided By
Ne Cascade range OF mountains inta
iso natural siyisions. These moan
tains are, next % the Rockies, the great
~ range IN North America. extending
iron Alsska lhrough British Oalameia,
NasbinRtoo, Oregon and Caltforuia, 60
lhe seaiheFn eud Of the peninsula Of
Lover California, length II about
No miiee. Ia this statement We in
slnde lhs Sierra Nevada mountains Of
cshfoguia. between shich and she Cas-
s.dss there Is no iine Of division, and
sa'ea merge N tae boundary between
Osseau ana California. This range in.
sneea nnmbef Of the most lofty peaks
= Ne world. 81 Elias. OF Alaska, being
- ehief, With hgst Of 1870 feet.
uaiside u AlsskA, k4inier, In our own
Itiiitefy, isthe highest mountain Ia the
saied States OF tie maontsina Of
Naseiaatep Territory, IT. Heisna haa a
eeaxei o. 40 feet, Il kaf Of lo.sit. Ad
~ q Hsas. aad RuuieF % it4tt.
Aae cascAesss cot through the fafrltary
TEA asFtb b soaih, presenting a wall
esssesn he two stetlans, impassahla
A.sp. q teAlf dossn p0ints. where are
e leend Rarfpw passes from TIRES 50
w sh0as&nd feet hieb, the lswees.
.ed neet Travelled % which Il the Sno.
saAAis. aHd the next the Seampede,
,efpash Which ths NaFshern Pacific
4p4Ay 4 nov e1mpistinQ rs Cascade
s.asee. These moansains ant anlv
Miaan tae most sabilna sosaeFy, and
@.lsf Toe toe rivers and lakes % the
reftt9fy, also adrctiHg happily aur
nais. bat tney are rich Ia simber and
-,aeFaiS We latter inelodirg geld and
49,, - vel AZ iFon, espper etc. fne
seefmsns ct aesl foana 10 The range
- ,e'satis oce1 atteaspied, a. Roslyn,
= Ne eastern alops.
ma eotuSHIa ASH ms FsrEprkntEs.
~ eslamhiA IS The largest river on
faesne disisisn Of Ncrte AmsTioa.
49, ens sxeepilen-thu Yakan. Of
..A lh lseEsa Is 100 mllaa, the
est pArt II witch - nayiuahle.
; - ~ rsslss into tse Psojhs 0esAn Il
- e1ss aisstR oar seusagFn baFdsr Ter
-, -1lss. tesncs IN nuFihsriy disac
- sse = bAR tFna % the Wesi. 40
- y British colgmAss. 10 the 4 ~
satA,os = uhich Frosiaes. fsr u
e.-s,sa, Z has Us seafce. HE loser
=. ~ = noiea Ter SIS great Volauae.
asssss ecmmtFse. 49, ass9uihssnt
~ hsit y And is AZ md sesnery.
- seas{Fy sieng teh fawsr riVsr is
- Nesdsd, hsS tie ssa Is fertile,
~ seadliiohs fssasahls for ths
eu ~ deHse population. 1he
.,iEstsss % ~ - laus, ). gts uriuei-
etsesa tibatAfv. sic tawlsfF ~
fsi netteeFa AMI ths I,says thr
- eAfe nsva9ahe for twenty "a
mites. Est of ths essss8s= IA
AeaEh IS tie middle Caiasabss.
u snefe Il SO nhas on navtQA4scn
'eN hAgia4 Nasy steamers arr
T'Sse e the trade tsfrs - b. faaed
AtseaAicS sa8 hu Day rivers
49, sata tie C0llgshfa ca the south.
49,, ee@sseFs h-.us navtsabls. Ftr
asaeh larger stFeaaa. ensfstes
essth. % 9csa, "a hefne ne lasr
rss 49, = Eastern Msshiurt,n 1hsily
- eas borders. fha ~aakn Ffx.,
- Nio tas Ceiamhla from AZ
: tae largest srtsutsrs. rssies
hacky MsnetSfss esa asgtng
80 tetta tsFaeEh fAshs au'
-, 20 miles. TIE Seske L
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itsaa tfstafsr,as =, - -,
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